(MENAFN- Swissinfo) Millions of children around the world can't go to school, but a Swiss-based platform has set out to change that.
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The Geneva Global Hub for Education in Emergencies aims to help the 127 million children who do without schooling because of humanitarian crises.
Its official launch was on Monday, after Switzerland pledged to establish Geneva as such a hub at the 2019 Global Refugee Forum.
'More than 40% of the 80 million displaced people are children; the majority of these children have no access to education, resulting in a lack of prospects, increased violence against children and lost generations,' stated the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFR) in a press releaseExternal link . 'Humanitarian emergencies are on the rise owing to climate change and its consequences; conflicts; and not least COVID-19.' It pointed out that education was one of the sectors getting the least recognition and funding in humanitarian disasters.
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